KUANTAN: The coastal fishermen of Kampung Berserah, near here, have resumed their fishing activities after the weather turns for the better compared to early this week.
A check early yesterday morning found that the fishermen had started to make preparations to resume fishing activities this morning by loading up fish containers and ice into their boats.
Fisherman Aziz Razali, 45, said the fishermen in the village had decided to go to sea due to the good weather.
“The wind has eased and the waves are also moderate. So, we feel we can go out to sea to catch fish after almost eight days. We will also check the Malaysian Meteorological Department’s report before making a final decision later,’’ he said.
Aziz said the sea was turbulent with large waves from Tuesday until Friday believed to be due to the tropical storm Pabuk on the East Coast of peninsula Malaysia. The storm was driven by a 40 km to 50 km an hour wind and pushing waves to up to 3.5 metres.
“The sea was most turbulent on Thursday. We dared not go out fearing a storm might occur when we were far out at sea,” he said.
Meanwhile, Azmi Mohd, 39, said in the more than one week he was land-bound he was able to repair his net and made additional fish traps.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement on Friday, announced that Pabuk was in the Gulf of Thailand and was expected to occur in the waters of Phuket and North Melaka Straits until today (Sunday) and would also affect Perlis, Kedah, and Penang. – Bernama
